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welcomeWelcome to our year of celebration to mark the 20thanniversary of Temple Bar’s regeneration as Dublin’s Cultural Quarter! Temple Bar is packed full of cultural attractions, quirky things to see and do, loads of unique places to shop and some of the best food and drink in town - for example make your Saturdays even more special by checking out the Temple Bar Food Market in its new locations throughout Temple Bar! We hope you’ll find something in our Spring programme to make you want to visit and come back again with friends and family. Almost all of our events are free of charge so if you can make the time, just leave everything else to us!

This is an exciting year for us as we enter our third decade and we’re really excited about our plans for Meeting House Square (see p8). Inside you can find out all about this as well as our big day on 15th July and all the other treats we have lined up for our opening season. Anois teacht an Earraigh beidh an lá ag dul chun síneadh, is tar éis na Féile Bríde ardóidh mé mo sheol…we’ll be raising our sails in Meeting House Square in a couple of months and things will never be the same again!

Dermot McLaughlinCEO, Temple Bar Cultural Trust

Design by Mr & Mrs Stevens mrandmrsstevens.ieAll programme information is correct at time of going to print © Temple Bar Cultural Trust

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6. Temple Bar Map

7. Connect with Temple Bar Cultural Trust

8. News from Temple Bar Cultural Trust

10. Handel’s Day - Wed April 13th

12. Get Involved - Clubs & Events

14. Visual Art in Temple Bar

16. Markets in Temple Bar

18. Creative Space in Temple Bar

19. Dublin Culture Trail

Handel’s Day, Wednesday April 13th 2011, Fishamble Street, Temple Bar see p10

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EXPLOREYou can use this handy map to pinpoint the locations of featured events or simply go forth and discover the many delights that Dublin’s Cultural Quarter has to offer!

Find more information & locations: templebar.ie

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CELEBRATE OUR 20THANNIVERSARY!Join us in Dublin’s CulturalQuarter this summer from July 15th for ‘Made in Temple Bar’ - a celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of Temple Bar’s regeneration as Dublin’s Cultural Quarter. We’re in the midst of planning an extensive cultural programme, filled with free events and exciting surprise guests. Celebrations will take place from July 15th - 24th and will celebrate all of the amazing things that make this area so special for Irish people and visitors to the area.

TEMPLE BAR CULTURAL TRUST CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF CRAFTTemple Bar Cultural Trust is joining The Crafts Council of Ireland in celebrating the Year of Craft with a wide range of events. Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane returns on Saturday March 12th with a special craft demonstration, four craft workshops as part of Bealtaine Festival in May and a craft strand as part of Culture Night 2011.

For more on Designer Mart turn to p17

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NEWSMEETING HOUSE SQUAREHow do you solve the problem of the Irish Weather?

Well try to imagine a unique outdoor space where you can simply turnoff the rain at the flick of a switch. At Temple Bar Cultural Trust we’vebeen imagining just that since 2004 - now we are making it a reality.Early Summer 2011 will see the launch of the new convertible Meeting House Square, where custom-designed canopies will bloom at the firstsign of rain.

Now you and your family will be able to enjoy an amazing array of outdoor entertainment - from movies to music and markets, all year round, while still remaining nice and dry. Your audience experience will never be the same again. For MHSQ the solution is evolution!

While construction is underway on the Square, the Temple Bar FoodMarket has taken over three temporary locations around theneighbourhood, for details turn to p16

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HANDEL FOR CHILDRENConducted by Aoise O’Dwyer12pm Outdoors, in front of Smock Alley Theatre, West Essex Street, Temple Bar (35mins)

This modern take on the music of Handel will be performed by Harold’s Cross NS, the Tullamore Classical String School and joined by guestvocalists. This adaptation of some of Handel’s most popular music will

feature children’s vocals, instrumental music and percussion, as well as introductions fromparticipating schools,offering a modernapproach to some of Handel’s best loved works.

MESSIAH ON THE STREETPerformed by Our Lady’s Choral Society with guest soloist Ross Scanlon.Conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn with live accompaniment fromthe National Sinfonia.1pm Fishamble Street, Old City Temple Bar, Dublin 8

Join us outdoors as we celebrate on the very site where Messiah received its world premiere in 1742. This unique choral performance of well known excerpts from Handel’s Messiah is an unforgettable and joyous experience!

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April 13th 1742 was amomentous day for music andfor Dublin as Handel’s Messiah was first performed on Fishamble Street in Temple Bar. Temple Bar Cultural Trust is delighted tocontinue the celebration of this event at Fishamble Street, herein the heart of Temple Bar.

LET’S WALK & TALK: HANDEL’S DUBLIN -THEN & NOW11am Meeting Point: Wolfe Tone Park, Mary Street, Dublin 1(beside Jervis Shopping Centre)

This tour, a celebration of music and history with historian Pat Liddy, will take you around some of the Dublin streets that still echo to the visit of George Frideric Handel in 1742/3 before finishing at Fishamble Street in time for the annual performance of ‘Messiah on the Street’ by Our Lady’s Choral Society and the National Sinfonia.Let’s Walk & Talk is an initiative of Dublin City Council.

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TEMPLE BAR CULTURAL TRUST’S CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOR THE ACTIVE RETIREDTemple Bar Cultural Trust is delighted to announce this year’s ‘Get Active’ cultural programme for the active retired. Now in its second year, ‘Get Active’ has over 250 members, it is free to join and all activities, workshops, classes and tours are also free! If you have an interest in drama, dance, literature, creative writing, life drawing, crafts and cultural events - this is the club for you! We look forward to enrolling new members and to welcoming you all into Temple Bar to get active in 2011!

Not already involved and would like to be? Contact Eimear Chaomhánach on echaomhanach@templebar.ie / 01 677 2255

UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS:

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15th Creative Writing Series Workshop 3: Record Your Story! 2.30 - 4.30pm24th Get Active Monthly Book Club The Gutter Bookshop, Cow’s Lane 11am -1pm

APRIL5th Life Drawing with artist Felicity Clear 11am - 1pm 13th Handel’s Day See Page 10

MAY 4th Craft Workshop 1: Knitting with Hazel Donnelly 10.30am - 12.30pm 11th Craft Workshop 2: Clay Modelling with Niamh Synott 10.30am - 12.30pm18th Craft Workshop 3: Jewellery Making with Ann Tyrrell 10.30am - 12.30pm26th Craft workshop 4: Textiles with Liz Nilsson 11:00am - 4.15pm31st Get Active Book Club The Gutter Bookshop, Cow’s Lane 11:00am - 1:00pmPlease note that places are subject to availability

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GET INVOLVED at templebar.ie

Do you have a passion for culture? Then we need you to step up! We are recruiting a group of dynamic individuals aged 15-19yrs to become part of SceneNotHerd - an independent collective of young adults that will meet bi-weekly, to stir Dublin’s cultural pot.

Launching in April 2011: as part of SceneNotHerd you will be invited to attend cultural events, exhibitions, theatre, films and readings and to post your reviews, interviews, and recommendations at templebar.ie

HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE SceneNotHerd:1: Interested in arts and culture?2: Available to meet the TBCT cultural team bi-weekly in the city centre?

3: Available to attend arts and cultural events during the week and at the weekend?

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RUNNING A CULTURAL EVENT?Why not have SceneNotHerd review it! Invite us to your event by emailing: scenenotherd@templebar.ie

If you would like to be a part of SceneNotHerd contact Eimear Chaomhánach at echaomhanach@templebar.ie or phone 01 677 2255

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MARCHOpening 3rd March, 6pm‘Letting Go With Lines’a solo show by artistWendy Stephens

APRIL Opening 7th April, 6pmNGG & Na Piobaire Uilleann present:

‘Capital Craft’the art of uilleann pipemakingin Dublin City

MAY Opening 5th May, 6pm ‘Lino I Know’first solo exhibition byThe Printing Rooms andartist Fán Regan

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Temple Bar is home to more than seventy pieces of public art. Since 1992, Temple Bar Cultural Trust has proudly presented the work of artists such as Rachel Joynt, John Kindness, Grace Weir and Kathy Prendergast as part of our cultural development programme. Their works are all around you - in the form of street furniture, under your feet or as permanent works in new buildings. Take a closer look on your next visit to the Cultural Quarter.

FIRST THURSDAYS DUBLINWe are very excited to be part of this new joint initiative with a number of Dublin based cultural organisations. ‘First Thursdays Dublin’ will see a growing collective of galleries and cultural spaces open late into the

evening with special cultural events taking place between 6-8pm offering you anafter-hours chance for even more culture!

Not already involved and would like to be? Contact Eimear Chaomhánach onechaomhanach@templebar.ie or 01 677 2255

NGG - NO GRANTS GALLERY Located in the heart of Temple Bar, NGG is our non-profit initiative at Temple Bar Cultural Trust providing an accessible space for artists at all stages of their careers. NGG was set-up in 2009 to provide a platform for independent artists, supporting both up-and-coming and established artists of all disciplines.

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DESIGNER MART AT COW’S LANEEVERY SATURDAY 10am - 5pm

We are excited to welcome new craftspeople to Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane this year which brings together a total of 26 artists and designers to the Old City, Temple Bar. To mark the Year of Craft 2011 in association with The Crafts Council of Ireland, Designer Mart’s return will be headlined by two fantastic workshops: handweaver Evelyn Murray will introduce her rigid heddle looms and Jacinta and Carol of Trinketbox will be making beaded oolga lace bracelets. Together with an outdoor performance by The Ottoni Brass Ensemble, the Old City will be awash with crafty creativity.

TEMPLE BAR BOOK MARKETEVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11am - 6pm Did you know that Dublin has been designated a UNESCO City ofLiterature this year? It’s the perfect opportunity to leaf through the pagesof the city’s past and present. Where better to start than at the Temple BarBook Market?

Take time out to browse through the wide selection of old and new titles, classics, novels, antique and vinyl collection at the only Book Market in Dublin located at the busiest junction of Temple Bar at Temple Bar Square.

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Full list ofDesigner Mart &

Book Market Tradersclick

templebar.ie/markets

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The Sushi HutO’Donovan & Minguella The Temple Oyster BarNoirin’s BakehouseCorleggy CheesesThe Real Olive Co.Denis Healy’s Organic FarmMcNally’s Family FarmPiece Of Cake BakeryLlewellyn’s Orchard ProduceOut Of The Blue (Fish)Natasha’s Living FoodThe Goode Life Food Co.The Gallic Kitchen

Crepes In The CityZestie’s juicesAriosa Coffee Roasting Co.Sabores De MexicoKaruna’s KitchenPaddy Jack’s Abbey Cheese

Hick & Sons Gourmet FoodJ&V Rahara Farm MeatsSheridan’s CheesemongersLa Boulangerie FrancaisLe Levain Bakery

DOWN-TOWNMID-TOWNUP-TOWNCow’s Lane East Essex St Curved St

TEMPLE BAR FOOD MARKETEVERY SATURDAY 10am - 4.30pm

A Dublin institution and a showcase for someof Ireland’s finest food artisans and producers.

While work is underway on the new‘convertible’ Meeting House Square(see p8) the traders of Temple Bar FoodMarket have taken over three prime locationsin the neighbourhood. All locations are withinstrolling distance of the square, just follow ourtasting trail…Find the locations on our handy map - p4

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twitter.com/templebarmarket

Situated in the heart of the city, Temple Bar has some of the most desirable locations available for every kind of event:

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MEETING HOUSE SQUAREOften described as Ireland’s outdoor living room, Meeting House Square is a landmark public space in Dublin city centre, a spectacular open-air performance space with endless possiblilites. See p8

TEMPLE BAR SQUARE Temple Bar Square is located on the junction of one of the main north-south pedestrian routes, linking Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter with the rest of Dublin City.

COW’S LANE At the heart of the city centre, Cows Lane is one of Dublin’s newest shopping streets,located in the Old City area of Temple Bar. Suitable for theatre, street performances, product launches, corporate events, photocalls, broadcasting, TV, music videoand film sets.

CURVED STREETCurved Street connects Eustace Street and Temple Lane South in Temple Bar and is also home of The Button Factory and Filmbase. This street is at its best at night as the suspended street lighting and glass fronted buildings twinklewith modernity.

THE CULTURE BOXIndoor space suitable for launches, workshops and lectures. The Culture Box opened here at our offices at 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar in 2010 to facilitate all kinds of events from the cultural sector. Available during and outside office hours.

We’ve created the space, now just imagine the possibilities! Enquiries to Lynsey Ni Rainaill 01 677 2255

lnirainaill@templebar.ie templebar.ie/spaces

This Spring, Temple Bar Cultural Trust have launched the Dublin Culture Trail, an exciting, new, web-based virtual trail that offers unique insights into the cultural life of the city.

It’s available online at dublinculturetrail.ieor through the iTunes App Store. For bothvisitors and locals it really is the perfect way to discover and explore some of Dublin’sgreatest cultural venues.

Dublin Culture Trail features 16 diversevenues, ranging from Christ ChurchCathedral and Trinity College to the ChesterBeatty Library and even Temple Bar itself, Dublin’s bustling Cultural Quarter, allrendered in crystal-clear HD video.

you’re virtually there

Dublin Culture Trail is an initiative of Temple Bar Cultural Trust in partnership with Software Design, Red Diamond Media, Davis Events - a consortium of Digital Hub Companies, funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

Downloadfrom the

App StoreFREE! www.dublinculturetrail.ie

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Temple Bar Cultural Trust12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Phone: 01 677 2255 Email: info@templebar.ie

Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm (Closed 1pm - 2.15pm for lunch)

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UPCOMING EVENTS:Made in Temple Bar

July 15th - 24th

Dublin Outdoor Film FestivalAugust 11th - September 15th

Culture Night 2011Friday September 23rd